Category: Independent Opinion
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Let’s work together to find an answer for siren The officers and members of the Allentown First Aid Squad want the public to know how important we believe the use of an emergency alerting siren is. Our radio pagers are a very effective first line of communication to alert our members of an emergency. Pagers…
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Parent demands superintendent’s resignation Joseph P. McAleer II I have been an outspoken critic of Matawan-Aberdeen Schools Superintendent Michael Klavon for some time, so naturally when I see a full page article wherein Klavon takes issue with the state of New Jersey school assessment test results, I pay close attention. As I read the article…
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RR problem won’t go away T his week’s Independent contains no fewer than three stories about our local train stations. Two deal with problems that are near and dear to the hearts of the many residents who commute to Manhattan and have to fight daily for a train station parking spot and/or are at the…
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Newcomers think they have all the answers While I live with my daughter now, I watch closely the goings-on in Aberdeen and Matawan. I have lived in this area for over 25 years and have seen the likes of Mr. Adam Puharic before. He, as others before him, starts with one topic and because he…
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Women’s center offers help to survivors of domestic violence Who would believe it? The multimillionaire who had his pick of eligible women was reported to have a restraining order issued against him because he threatened to kill his former girlfriend and had hit her. More than 22 million people reportedly turned on their television sets…
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Residents thank Aberdeen officer for going beyond the call of duty This letter is to inform you of something very special that happened which makes us very proud to be residents of Aberdeen. Police officer Frank Maisano was following up on a complaint regarding middle of the night phone calls that turned out to be…
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Ab’deen voters want honesty, not deception So now, Aberdeen residents are being told the conditions of our roadways "will continue to deteriorate if an adequate evaluation, maintenance and improvement program is not implemented," and that we should "seriously consider allocating additional funds" to fix this problem. In fact, our township manager has asked the township…
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Middletown committee, school board need to get priorities in order I truly believe that the members of the Middletown Township Committee and Board of Education believe that money does grow on trees. The Middletown Township Committee is determined to destroy approximately 10 acres of trees and wildlife in order to expand Fairview Park’s existing two…
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Hazlet PBA donation to Amanda Cokelet deeply appreciated We would like to take this opportunity to thank the Hazlet PBA 189 for the generous donation to the Amanda Cokelet Fund. Following Amanda’s double-lung transplant at Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center in New York last May, the financial burden still lingers. Thanks to the Hazlet PBA, our…
